Donald Trump uses his state of the union address to fight for survival

by Alistair Farrow

Published Tue 6 Feb 2018

Issue No. 2590

Donald Trump's waxwork visited the new US embassy in London last month - after the real Trump stayed away (Pic: David Holt/Flickr)

US president Donald Trump used his state of the union address last week to attack migrants, ethnic minorities and women.

“For decades, open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities,” he said. Trump invoked a fictitious immigration system where people bring “virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives.”

His repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals legislation could see mass deportations for hundreds of thousands of people despite a decade of living in the US.

He says there can be a compomise, but the trade-off is for Congress to agree around £17 billion for the border wall against Mexican migrants, and other security measures.